I grew up in a fishing village where good men believed in outlandish things and it doesn't surprise me that one would use No. 10 on grouse---and a half-ounce to keep the pellet-count and cost down.

They also believed that a 12 gauge would kill anything flying and that .270 and 30-06 calibres for deer were for city sports who wanted to keep up with what they were reading in the sports magazines.

They were right more than they were wrong.